2472. Asbjorn Rasmusen IMS-TRAFJORD
(1041). "bailiff in Höle skibrede 1603" (Slooper book)
"Asbjørn Rasmusson was named as the lensmann (sheriff) in Høle
skiprede in 1599 and operated the Ims farm. When a son of Asbjørn redeemed
the mortgage in 1640, he explained that his father had purchased the property
27 years before he mortgaged it. That would indicate that Asbjørn bought
the farm about 1588. In 1615, he had to take out a mortgage on 2 laupar smør
(2 measures of butter used to put a value on land) at Lerang (currently in Forsand
kommune) to raise 400 riksdalar to pay for some fish he bought in Bergen. He
had planned on selling the fish to another farmer, but that farmer didn't have
the money to pay for them. (The fate of the fish is unknown). Asbjørn
is also mentioned in several court cases. On 10 Dec 1617, he summoned Tore Søfrensson
to the Ting to testify as to what Ivar Høle had said about him. Ivar, at
the time, was involved in a quarrel with Asbjørn's son-in-law. Ivar in
effect had said that he was too weak to quarrel with Asbjørn Ims, who was
very adept in legal matters. According to the tingbok of 1620, Asbjørn also
had a quarrel with Ivar Motland over a velvet hat he had bought in the Scottish
section of Bergen. The hat had been missing for 7 years when a neighbor heard
that Ivar had taken it. The final dispositions of these two cases is unknown."
(This translated quote from a bygdebok was taken from a GEDCOM file of Greg Hagen
and furnished by Lars Asbjørn Nag of Rogaland, Norway. Lars also descends
from Asbjørn.) [Asbjørn is Keith's 9th great grandfather.] He was
married. Children were:
1236 i.
Israel Asbjornsen LERANG IN FORSAND.